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TheProvisional Committee of the State Duma (Russian:Временный Комитет Государственной Думы) was a special government body established on March 12, 1917 (27 FebruaryO.S.) by the FourthState Duma deputies at the outbreak of theFebruary Revolution in the same year. It was formed under the jurisdiction of theRussian Provisional Government, established immediately after theabdication of Nicholas II.[1]
| Name | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Rodzianko | Octobrist | Committee chairman |
| Vasily Shulgin | Progressive Russian Nationalists | Faction leader |
| Vladimir Lvov | Center | Chairman of Duma's faction |
| Ivan Dmitryukov | Octobrist | (left deviation) |
| Sergei Shidlovskiy | Octobrist | Chairman of Progressive Bloc, leader of left Octobrists |
| Mikhail Karaulov | Independent | Commandant ofTaurida Palace |
| Alexander Kerensky | Trudovik | Executive Committee ofPetrograd Soviet |
| Aleksandr Konovalov | Progressist | |
| Vladimir Rzhevsky | Progressist | |
| A.A. Bublikov? | Progressist Party[2] | |
| Vasily Maklakov | Kadet | |
| Pavel Milyukov | Kadet | |
| Nikolai Nekrasov | Kadet | |
| Nikolay Chkheidze | Menshevik | Executive Committee ofPetrograd Soviet |
| Vasily Anisimoff? | Menshevik | Executive Committee ofPetrograd Soviet |
| Boris Engelgardt | Independent | Commandant of Petrograd Garrison |
The committee declared itself the governing body ofRussian Empire, but competed for power with thePetrograd Soviet, which was created on the same day. The Government of Golitzine as the Council of Ministers of Russian Empire retreated to theAdmiralty building. The committee of the State Duma appointed 24 commissars to head various state ministries replacing the Imperial Government. According to Milyukov Chkheidze never participated in the work of the committee.
On March 15 (March 2O.S.) the committee and the Petrograd Soviet agreed to create theProvisional Government. Many members of the committee went on to serve in the Provisional Government, while the committee continued to play an insignificant role until the Fourth Duma was dissolved on September 19 (September 6O.S.).
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